Will airports be ready for the A380 ?
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Will airports be ready for the A380 ?
When 2006 comes round, and the new A380 enters service, many airports won't be ready for it - especially diversion fields. It's all well and good saying, LHR, HKG, LAX etc will be ready but what about the alternates to these airports. Take LHR as an example, and Virgin. One would assume that LGW would be it's first alternate in the event of a weather diversion. But if LGW is also closed, what airports could actually handle this a/c ??
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However, I know that LGW is making infrastructure changes to cope, and I'm sure other airports are doing the same.
Duh!
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how come EMA is the only other airfield bar LHR to accomadate
when other airports are 2 to 3 times the size of little old EMA such
as MAN. STN LGW ect..
just interested
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how come EMA is the only other airfield bar LHR to accomadate
when other airports are 2 to 3 times the size of little old EMA such
as MAN. STN LGW ect..
just interested
thanks
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I don't think they want to... it would cost them millions of dollars. VS are not too happy about this (understandably!) and RB has written to California's new governor to force them to do something about it!
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Ah but it's too big, just like Concorde was too noisy! Or would that be "it's not American so we don't want it here!" Maybe if it cant be handled RB will have to fly those nice shiney 747s there instead.Then again he could use an A340-600 or is that too long?
